Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-08
State News.


State News.
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correspondent from Livermore Fall, m
the Portland Press, writes a. follovs: Mr..
Jonn Irasey who went a-f.hing Memorial
DAY and caught 80 pounds of pickerel. wen,
AGAIN wednesday and caught 80 pounds. This
tne largest catch of the season-Mrs. n.
Richardson il going to build q new house
on Main street, having sold her residence To
Mr. Ansel Woodw orth of Lowell. Mass. for
s2,2oO.-The officers of the Ladies' Relief
Corps we're installed by Mrs Mary Estes. the
state secretary, last Wednesday, after which
the ladies brought on an excellent treat. The
state secretary said that this corps was one
OF the leading corps of the Srate.-Messrs.
hartman and Gilmore, agents of tn White
sewing machine, are giving = free exhibition
OF arr work that can be done on this machine.
Iney have some of the finest work in the
State on exhibition They have sold over
forty machines in this vicinity select
men are widening and laying out sidew alks
on the principal streets, and otherwise i'm.
proving their appearance.
The Auburn Excelsior No. have receivsd
an invitation to attend the New England Fire.
mems Muster. held in LYNN, Mass. in July,
The date has not yet been fixed They also
Received letter, asking about the rules
under which the company have been used To
playing, so that the Excelsior boys will stand
good show IN getting a prize
CUMBERLAND.
j. +. Turner, one of the Sinalos colouists.
arrived In Portland from Mexico, Saturday
night.
Sunday morning fifteen barrel. of ale and
nf
Turner's Island.
The Press says there were forty-one arrests
10 Portland last week for drunkenness.-Mr.
William Lawrence, the wounded engineer AT
the Maine Central hospital is improving The
Portland Cadet Band has been organized a,
Libby's Corner
Inc yarmouth company talk of supplying
the town with water from the Mason spring.
HANCOCK.
About $50 men ara employed on the sewers
al bar fiaroor, the work on which is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible Thurs.
day night large crowd of the workmen cot
hilarious, and in the disturbance that suisse
quently followed one man, named Berry. was
cut quite badly in the neck with a knife. and
another received blow over the eve from a
rough. Officers Smith and Clark arrested
four of the ringleaders.
KNOX.
The Camden Herald says: Hon. F. f.
Richards OF Rockport. received, last week, a
nice thoroughbred Jersey COW, four wears
old, as a present from ex-Gov. Robbie to take
the place OF one presented him three years
ago, which ded.-Hon. Z. NJ Wood has re-
signed his position as agent of the American
Express Company and Frank S. Sherman
been annOInfQd IN lob Al
Wood has acted as express sgent for the past
forty years.
PENoBsCor.
The new $500 pound bell of St. Johns
Catholic church, Bangor. was blessed by
Bishop Healy, Sunday. About 500 children
were confirmed in the afternoon l. ID. An
dre~s, Esq, and Marshal j. Egery, Esq,
two of Bangor's prominent citizens, died early
Saturday morning. Each OF them attended
to his work, Friday, as usual, and was taker
SICK very suddenly, about midnight.
| The Dexter Gazette reports trouble be-
tween that town and the firm of Barnes Bros
New York. The Supervisor of School.
changed the books year or two ago with the
understanding, as he thought, that the firm
would make an even exchange, new book.
Tor the old, for the sake of introducing them
The new books were received, but the Barnet
Company declined to accept pay in old books
The sum involved Is about $l2O.-The tota
resources of the Dexter National Bank are
S219.872.l IL, of which $40, 900 is surplus fund
and IS. l23. 10 is undivided profits
The Dexter Mills Wooden Company will
, make an addition of twenty feet to theil
picker house, and Giles will do the work
he has bid for the contract to lay the 400, 0OC
bricks in the new wooden mill, tall chimney
picker house and boiler house at Sangerville
He Is a thorough workman, and if he gets the
contract, the work will be well done.
The Commercial of Monday SAYS The
students in the Civil Engineering Department,
at the State College are now rapidly entering
upon their summers work in the engineering
parties on the railroads. Mr.. Luis p. Cilley
left this morning to take position as levellel
on the Somerset Railway where Mr.. L. D.
Graves, who graduated from the college las,
year is transituhan. Mr.. A. H. White of the
Sophomore class went to Lincoln to-day to
go into an engineering party on the Canadian
Pacific The State College students take the
most important engineering positions and il
is certainly credit to the training which
they receive that they never prove unsuc.
cessful.-B l. Smith, Esq, of Bangor, met
with quite serious accident Saturday after
noon while at work on some apple trees al
his residence. He threw the weight of his
body upon his hand in such a manner as to
dislocate some of the bones of bis hand, max
ing painful wound.
YORK.
Ssco was excited over two runaways Mon
day; considerable damage was done.-A
young seal, about two weeks old, WAS washed
ashore at Ferry Beach Monday, having wan
dered into the heavy breakers and become
overpowered. The man who found him car
ried him beyond the surf in a boat, and Sc,
him free "A sail boat containing two men
and woman attempted to 60 ashore on the
breakw alter atthe mouth of the Saco river, Sun
day, and got swamped in one of the breakers
The parties struggled in the water for some
time, but finally got on shore in completely
exhausted condition. The accident was wit
messed by Charles Verrill, Ivory Mitigate and
John A. Holman at the Pool, who put out ir
boat. but did not reach the scene until the
parties had reached shore. The men ant
woman live in Saco.
The store of Levi W. Stone of Biddefort
was burglarized Sunday night and the con.
tents of the money drawer taken.